Liberty Tax Service Offers An Affordable Tax Education This Fall

(PRWEB) August 29, 2011

The economic malaise is having one positive effect on consumers. According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, ?The majority of U.S. workers (72 percent) reported they are more fiscally responsible since the recession and have made a variety of changes to their living and spending habits.? Consumers interested in becoming more fiscally responsible about their income taxes are invited to enroll in Liberty Tax Service?s fall income tax preparation classes. More tax knowledge can add up to tax savings and a marketable new skill set. Anyone can enroll regardless of whether they have any prior tax experience.

?Life?s changes such as marriage and having a child have tax consequences, and our courses delve into those resulting tax changes,? said John Hewitt, CEO of Liberty Tax Service. ?Our students may discover that they are overlooking deductions year after year, and may be eligible for a refund by amending their returns.?

The class curriculum covers all aspects of individual tax preparation and clarifies the latest tax changes. Students then apply the tax code to paper and computer preparation. During the weeks of instruction, students learn the fundamentals of basic income tax preparation. Instructors cover all schedules, credits and forms that can be filed with an individual tax return. Topics include filing an amended return and how to file as a sole proprietor business owner. After completing the course, students can utilize their new skill set by applying for tax preparer positions with Liberty Tax.

Classes start after Labor Day. Class schedules are flexible with day or evening classes available twice a week for ten weeks. There?s a minimal charge for books and supplies. Liberty Tax Service is actively recruiting bilingual tax school students. To learn more about job opportunities and Liberty?s series of tax courses, visit http://www.libertytax.com/tax-education.html or call 1-800-658-1042.

About Liberty Tax Service:

Liberty Tax Service is the fastest-growing retail tax preparation company in the industry?s history. Founded in 1997 by CEO John T. Hewitt, a pioneer in the tax industry, Liberty Tax Service has prepared over 9,000,000 individual income tax returns. With 42 years of tax industry experience, Hewitt stands as the most experienced CEO in the tax preparation business, having also founded Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. Tax school provided an entry point to the tax industry for Hewitt in 1969.

Liberty Tax Service is the only tax franchise on the Forbes ?Top 20 Franchises to Star t,? and ranks #1 of the tax franchises on the Entrepreneur ?Franchise 500.? Each office provides computerized income tax preparation, electronic filing, and online filing through eSmart Tax.

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Press and Industry Analysts Award Apptix Customer Service Silver in Best in Biz Awards 2011 Support Department of the Year

Herndon, VA (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

Apptix (OSE:APP) has been named the Silver award winner in the Support Department of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.

Apptix, the premier provider of hosted business communication, collaboration, and IT solutions, was honored for the success of their Customer Service and Support (CSS) department in providing customers with white glove dedication and support.

?We are proud that our professional, proactive Customer Service and Support team members have been recognized for the excellent work they do,? said David Ehrhardt, President & CEO of Apptix. ?This industry award mirrors the feedback we received in our recent customer satisfaction survey, in which our CSS representatives received the highest marks in professionalism, clarity, and knowledge for a third year in a row. They exemplify the dedication throughout Apptix to provide customers with outstanding products and services to help businesses stay connected.?

The award recognizes the CSS team?s unrelenting efforts to understand and address customer needs. This commitment to customer satisfaction has enabled Apptix to expand its presence within the more demanding mid-market and enterprise market segments while supporting major channel partners that serve small businesses. Apptix CSS has implemented multiple programs to capture customer feedback, including an annual customer survey of the entire user base, the use of social media, and the creation of a Customer Advisory Board. To provide more immediate information, Apptix has deployed a third-party tool to contact and survey customers immediately after every interaction with CSS. Apptix leverages this information to respond and adjust as necessary to globally address customer issues.

These activities have been instrumental in Apptix?s success: customer churn has dropped below industry-standard 1% per month; mid-market and enterprise customer percentage increased 100% year-over-year; and survey results identified an outstanding 94% positive customer feedback from 2010-2011. Apptix?s full-service CSS department is a key component of the exceptional overall experience customers receive from Apptix, along with a full suite of hosted services, a secure and reliable network, and an industry-best 100% uptime Service Level Agreement.

Best in Biz Awards 2011 were presented in more than 30 categories. More than 150 entries were received in this year?s awards program, from an impressive array of public and private companies from a variety of industries, sectors and regions. The companies that won gold, silver and bronze awards in this year?s program represent the best in American business.

Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2011 were determined by scores from a panel of high-caliber judges from top-tier business and technology publications, as well as analyst firms, including: Accounting Today, AllBusiness.com, ECT News Network, eWeek Channel Insider, Financial Times, Fox News, Hartford Business Journal, Insight Media, Kelsey Group, King Features Syndicate, Lab Reviews, Network World, PC Magazine, Portfolio, Puget Sound Business Journal, Tech.Blorge, Tech-Gaming, Techtalk and Wired. The 20 judges on this year?s panel boast more than 470 years of combined experience and have written for a combined total of more than 180 consumer, business, financial, trade and technology publications nationwide.

For a full list of gold, silver and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2011, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2011-winners.

About Apptix

Apptix (OSE: APP) is the premier provider of hosted business communication, collaboration, and IT solutions to business of all sizes ? from SOHO to Fortune 500 ? with particular expertise supporting legal, financial, healthcare, and telecom firms. A pioneer in the hosted services space, Apptix currently serves over 325,000 users around the world. Apptix?s comprehensive portfolio of Cloud solutions includes Microsoft Exchange email, VoIP, SharePoint, Web Conferencing, and Secure IM with Presence. Services are delivered over a highly reliable network leveraging best-in-class technology, housed in SAS 70-compliant data centers, and backed by U.S.-based 24/7 support. For more information, visit http://www.apptix.com.

About Best in Biz Awards

Best in Biz Awards recognizes top companies, teams, executives and products for their business success as judged by established members of the press and industry analysts. Best in Biz Awards honors are conferred in two programs covering the U.S. and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), respectively. Any organization from any industry in the awards program?s region boasting demonstrated success can enter any of the more than 40 company, department or team, executive and product categories. Entries for Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA are currently being accepted from all companies based in or operating in Europe, Middle East or Africa, with an early entry deadline of Nov 30, 2011. For more information about the submission process and categories in both the U.S. and EMEA programs, please visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com.

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GMA Launches Online Demonstrator Site of its ITIL-aligned SharePoint IT Service Desk Solution

London, England (PRWEB UK) 24 November 2011

GMA Consulting, the London-based IT consultancy specialising in advanced functionality centred on the Microsoft SharePoint platform, is launching an online demonstration site for its SharePoint 2010-based IT Service Desk solution which is aligned with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) guidelines.

?We are delighted to be launching this cloud-based demonstrator of our IT Service Desk solution. We believe that it will provide prospective customers with a quick and easy way to try out the solution? said Ben Grey, a Director at GMA Consulting.

?Customers who want to try the solution can fill in a form on our website and a Nintex workflow will create a 7 day trial account for them with 3 roles, an end user, an IT support person and an IT manager. With these roles they can try the various functionality elements within the system? said Grey.

GMA?s SharePoint IT Service Desk solution is:

????Aligned with ITIL guidelines but is not over-burdened by the full complexity of ITIL
????Based on and integrates with common Microsoft technologies
????Inexpensive to buy, install and maintain to maximise ROI
????Easily configured to the client's requirements - e.g. system impacted incident categories, etc.
????Easily extended for to allow for incremental Service Desk functionality or additional capabilities such as change requests or problem management

The solution leverages Nintex Workflow 2010 to automate the service request process. Nintex Workflow was chosen by GMA because it is built on SharePoint for SharePoint, offers simple deployment and management, and no client software or additional infrastructure is required.

?We at Nintex are very impressed with GMA?s ITIL aligned SharePoint IT Service Desk Solution. It makes use of State Machines which is a key Nintex Workflow feature and also provides an elegant user interface. As a consequence, a significant number of Nintex Partners and customers have already expressed interest in the Online Demonstrator.? said David Howard of Nintex.

Organisations interested in learning more can visit http://www.gma-service-desk.com or http://www.gmaconsulting.com/solutions/servicedesk or contact GMA Consulting on +44 (0)20 7960 2880.

About GMA Consulting

GMA Consulting is a London-based IT consultancy specialising in the design, development and implementation of solutions using Microsoft technologies. Our goal is to help our clients run their operations more effectively and efficiently through the implementation of collaborative-working functionality utilising Microsoft-based technologies centred around the SharePoint platform.

About ITIL

ITIL is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. ITIL provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. For more information please visit http://www.itil-officialsite.com

About Nintex

Nintex is a leading global innovator of software that extends Microsoft SharePoint, bridging the gap between existing SharePoint features and customer needs. All Nintex products are designed with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex aligns with Microsoft?s strategic and architectural direction to ensure that Nintex and Microsoft products work in harmony, both today and into the future.

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New Online Vintage Clothing Store and Search Service, 555Mildredz, Features Fun Finds from the 70?S and 80?S

Joliet, IL (PRWEB) March 24, 2004 -

? For those who have a passion for fashions of the past, finding favorites like authentic pea coats or original 501 Levi?s has mainly been a matter of luck. Now, though, vintage clothes lovers can simply click over to 555Mildredz, browse the inventory and place an order for something cool that they crave but don?t see there.

?Whether it?s a red faux leather purse or a Farrah Fawcett T-shirt that you wish for, I?m scouring the thrift stores, garage sales, and flea markets to find them,? says Mildred Beason, owner of 555Mildredz, who opened the online store to expand the clientele she?d served mainly through word of mouth.

555Mildredz offers a photo of each vintage item for sale, a description and a rating for its condition, from fair to mint. The wares are also classified in categories ? ?classic? for clothes that are simple in style but strong in character, ?fun? for outfits that you can have a good time in and ?casual? for pieces you can just throw on and go about your business.

?I group them according to their look because the cut, color, and the type of fabric used all work together or alone to give you an image that comes to mind when you see it. And that?s when you start to come up with all kind of ideas of how you could wear it,? Beason explains.

555Mildredz is online now at http://www.555mildredz.com. For additional information, or an interview please email customerservice@555mildredz.com. In addition to the items posted for sale, the store welcomes suggestions and special requests. Its search service is free.????????????

555Mildredz is an online vintage clothing store and search service. Features fun finds from the 60?s, 70?s, and 80?s. Launched in March 2004, the company is based in Joliet, IL. ?I started the website as a way to help people find the vintage clothes they crave, but don?t have the extra time to look for. There?s so much to look through, and it?s so easy to loose track of time. Sometimes you have enough time to shop the way you want. Then there are times when you don?t. That?s where we provide a helping hand ? says Mildred Beason, owner of 555Mildredz.

Greater Toronto Contractors Headlines its Design & Build Service

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) July 11, 2011

Going above and beyond mainstream renovations, Greater Toronto Contractors brings innovation and expertise to higher grounds with its one of a kind Design and Build service that ensures optimum quality for any home. As one of Canada?s premier contracting companies, Greater Toronto Contractors has garnered the trust and confidence in the construction industry with its top-notch designs, unmatched professionalism, and genuine concern for the entire family.

The Design & Build service reflects Greater Toronto?s continuing goal for superior customer satisfaction as one of the few general contracting companies that offers full-out services from start to finish.

Technological Visualization

To efficiently minimize risks and additional costs, the Design & Build service capitalizes on a revolutionary 3D rendering software to make a dream renovation come to life. Whether it?s the kitchen, basement, bathroom, or simple home additions, homeowners are given the rare chance to have their own design materialize before their eyes with lifelike features through an in-depth 3D technology.

With this state-of-the-art technique, customers can work side by side with company specialists as they go over every detail of the project and any changes before pounding a nail in their home. In effect, homeowners can save time, energy, and money brought on by unpredictable elements due to lack of visualization. To go the extra mile, Greater Toronto Contractors lets customers keep the final designs no matter who they choose as contractors.

Design Experts

From the beginning stages of conceptualization to the finishing touches, customers are guided by an experienced design team who can offer numerous creative options and cost-saving techniques as they present the pros and cons of each choice. Apart from interior styling, Greater Toronto Contractor?s in-house team provides architectural designs with accurate construction costs through the help of seasoned architects in the country. Part of the company?s obligation is to guarantee that all building code requirements are properly submitted to the city for a smooth sailing journey towards the desired home. The process of renovation can be easily achieved with an easy step-by-step guide provided for the client.

????Pricing out. In this first step, a cost estimate of the whole design is laid out on????
????the table. It is vital that the preferred design of the client is executed within

????the budget.

????Initial Meeting. The Design & Build team sets up an appointment to
????visit the site, take measurements, and produce a rough mock-up of the layout. All

????important details regarding the client?s needs are then discussed.

????Update and Revise. Updates on the project are dutifully sent, after which,
????snapshots of the completed work are produced for any needed revisions by the

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????Final Design in 3D! The team meets up with the client on site or in the office for
????the finishing touches of the final renovation design to be presented in vivid 3D.

Greater Toronto Contractor?s Design & Build service highlights an excellent opportunity for homeowners to easily follow and realize their own unique vision through the company?s pioneering technology and distinguished design professionals.

About Greater Toronto Contractors

One of Canada?s fastest growing general contracting companies, Greater Toronto Contractors has been catering to hundreds of families with its team of top-calibre design specialists who are committed to quality service and customer satisfaction. Greater Toronto Contractors is widely respected for its continued reliability, transparency, and client-focused communication to provide affordability while creating the finest home renovation for the family.

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